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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 References  




6 External links  













1949 St. Louis Cardinals season






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1949 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record96–58 (.612)
League place2nd
OwnersFred Saigh
General managersWilliam Walsingham Jr.
ManagersEddie Dyer
TelevisionKSD
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
RadioWIL
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
← 1948 Seasons 1950 →

The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 68th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its 58th season in the National League (NL). The Cardinals went 96–58 during the season and finished second, one game back in the National League. The team set an NL record for fewest stolen bases in a season, 17, which still stands.[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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    • National League
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Brooklyn Dodgers 97 57 .630 — 48‍–‍29 49‍–‍28
    St. Louis Cardinals 96 58 .623 1 51‍–‍26 45‍–‍32
    Philadelphia Phillies 81 73 .526 16 40‍–‍37 41‍–‍36
    Boston Braves 75 79 .487 22 43‍–‍34 32‍–‍45
    New York Giants 73 81 .474 24 43‍–‍34 30‍–‍47
    Pittsburgh Pirates 71 83 .461 26 36‍–‍41 35‍–‍42
    Cincinnati Reds 62 92 .403 35 35‍–‍42 27‍–‍50
    Chicago Cubs 61 93 .396 36 33‍–‍44 28‍–‍49

    Record vs. opponents

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    1949 National League record
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  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
    Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
    Boston — 10–12 12–10 12–10–1 12–10–2 11–11 12–10 6–16
    Brooklyn 12–10 — 17–5 17–5 14–8 11–11 16–6 10–12–1
    Chicago 10–12 5–17 — 9–13 12–10 6–16 11–11 8–14
    Cincinnati 10–12–1 5–17 13–9 — 7–15 13–9 9–13 5–17–1
    New York 10–12–2 8–14 10–12 15–7 — 11–11 12–10 7–15
    Philadelphia 11–11 11–11 16–6 9–13 11–11 — 13–9 10–12
    Pittsburgh 10–12 6–16 11–11 13–9 10–12 9–13 — 12–10
    St. Louis 16–6 12–10–1 14–8 17–5–1 15–7 12–10 10–12 —


    Roster

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    1949 St. Louis Cardinals
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    C Del Rice 92 284 67 .236 4 29
    1B Nippy Jones 110 380 114 .300 8 62
    2B Red Schoendienst 151 640 190 .297 3 54
    SS Marty Marion 134 515 140 .272 5 70
    3B Eddie Kazak 92 326 99 .304 6 42
    OF Stan Musial 157 612 207 .338 36 123
    OF Chuck Diering 131 369 97 .263 3 38
    OF Enos Slaughter 151 568 191 .336 13 96

    Other batters

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    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    Ron Northey 90 265 69 .260 7 50
    Tommy Glaviano 87 258 69 .267 6 36
    Rocky Nelson 82 244 54 .221 4 32
    Joe Garagiola 81 241 63 .261 3 26
    Lou Klein 58 114 25 .219 2 12
    Hal Rice 40 46 9 .196 1 9
    Ed Sauer 24 45 10 .222 0 1
    Solly Hemus 20 33 11 .333 0 2
    Bill Baker 20 30 4 .133 0 4
    Steve Bilko 6 17 5 .294 0 2
    Whitey Kurowski 10 14 2 .143 0 0
    Bill Howerton 9 13 4 .308 0 1
    Del Wilber 2 4 1 .250 0 0
    Russ Derry 2 2 0 .000 0 0
    Erv Dusak 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Howie Pollet 39 230.2 20 9 2.77 108
    Harry Brecheen 32 214.2 13 11 3.35 88
    Red Munger 35 188.1 15 8 3.87 82
    Max Lanier 15 92.0 5 4 3.82 37

    Other pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Al Brazle 39 206.1 14 8 3.18 75
    Gerry Staley 45 171.1 10 10 2.73 55
    Fred Martin 21 70.0 6 0 2.44 30
    Jim Hearn 17 42.0 1 3 5.14 18
    Cloyd Boyer 4 3.1 0 0 10.80 0

    Relief pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Ted Wilks 59 10 3 9 3.73 71
    Bill Reeder 21 1 1 0 5.08 21
    Ken Johnson 14 0 1 0 6.42 18
    Ray Yochim 3 0 0 0 15.43 3
    Kurt Krieger 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Hal Anderson
    AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Johnny Keane
    AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Del Wilber
    A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Kemp Wicker
    A Omaha Cardinals Western League Cedric Durst
    B Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Willie Duke, George Ferrell and Roland LeBlanc
    B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Al Hollingsworth
    B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Pug Griffin and Vernon Mackie
    C Fresno Cardinals California League Frenchy Uhalt
    C Duluth Dukes Northern League Ed Madjeski and Russ Rolandson
    C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Walter Lowe
    C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Harold Olt
    D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Ben Catchings
    D Salisbury Cardinals Eastern Shore League Gene Corbett
    D Willows Cardinals Far West League Bert Bonomi and Fred Fass
    D Tallassee Cardinals Georgia–Alabama League Bob Comiskey and Bill Blackwell
    D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Sheldon "Chief" Bender
    D West Frankfort Cardinals Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Bob Stanton
    D Lebanon Chicks North Atlantic League Harold Contini
    D Hamilton Cardinals PONY League George Kissell

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg, Pocatello[5]

    References

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    1. ^ "Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  • ^ Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Dick Rand page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Neal Hertweck page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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